Network monitoring device, network monitoring method, and storage medium having recorded thereon network monitoring program

ABSTRACT

In a network monitoring device, a CPU detects an increase point of a darknet traffic and calculates, with regard to darknet traffic corresponding to the increase point, an evaluation value indicating priority of a countermeasure against a cyberattack based on whether one or more of the following conditions are met: the darknet traffic has been detected inside a user organization; a correlation score of a darknet traffic between an observation point and the user organization is equal to or more than a threshold; a transmission source IP address is included in a blacklist; the darknet traffic is included in threat intelligence as attack information; a corresponding log is included in a honeypot; the honeypot including the log is included in the user organization; a CVSS score of a target is equal to or more than a threshold; and there is a product having vulnerability inside the user organization.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a technology for monitoringcyberattacks on networks.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, companies and countries have been threatened bylarge-scale and advanced cyberattacks represented by large-scaleinfection due to ransomware or IoT (Internet of things) botnets. Inorder to prevent cyberattacks in advance, it is important to recognizesigns of a cyberattack and take measures before the user organizationundergoes the cyberattack. From the background described above, it hasbeen demanded to collect/analyze attack information regardingvulnerability scanning or infection activity, for example, to therebytake countermeasures in advance.

For example, Patent literature 1 discloses a system configured to, inorder to facilitate cyberattack analysis, collect information regardinga plurality of types of cyberattacks and evaluate, on the basis offeature information regarding the cyberattacks, the number of types ofcyberattacks in which the cyberattack feature information appears.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

Patent Literature 1: JP-2018-196054-A

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

With the use of the technology of Patent Document 1, the number of typesof cyberattacks regarding which cyberattack feature information(element) has been observed can be recognized. However, the technologyof Patent Document 1 has a risk that attacks are launched beforeinformation organized by STIX (Structured Threat Information eXpression)or the like is shared. Further, it is not easy to recognize whichobtained cyberattack information is to be dealt with preferentially.

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstancesdescribed above and has an object to provide a technology capable ofappropriately detecting the signs of cyberattacks and appropriatelycalculating the priority of countermeasures against the detectedcyberattacks.

Solution to Problem

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to an aspect,there is provided a network monitoring device including a processor unitand configured to monitor a cyberattack on a network. The processor unitis configured to detect an increase point of a darknet traffic on thenetwork and calculate, with regard to a darknet traffic corresponding tothe detected increase point, an evaluation value indicating priority ofa countermeasure against a cyberattack based on whether or not one ormore of the following conditions are met: the darknet traffic has beendetected inside a user organization that is an organization to which thenetwork monitoring device belongs; a correlation score indicatingrelevance of a darknet traffic between an observation point at which thedarknet traffic corresponding to the increase point has been observedand the user organization is equal to or more than a threshold; atransmission source IP address is included in a blacklist; the darknettraffic is included in threat intelligence as attack information; a logcorresponding to the darknet traffic is included in a honeypotconfigured to respond to an access; the honeypot including the log is ahoneypot inside the user organization; a CVSS (Common VulnerabilityScoring System) score of vulnerability of a target of the darknettraffic is equal to or more than a threshold; and there is a producthaving vulnerability as the target inside the user organization.

Details of at least one embodiment of a subject matter disclosed hereinare set forth in the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription. Other features, aspects, and effects of the disclosedsubject matter will be apparent from the following disclosure, drawings,and claims.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present invention, the signs of cyberattacks can beappropriately detected and the priority of countermeasures against thedetected cyberattacks can be appropriately calculated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an entire configuration example of acomputer system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of change point detectiondata according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of product port dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of honeypot log dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of cyber threat intelligencedata according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of vulnerability dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of configuration dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of IP blacklist dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of correlation score dataaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart of countermeasure priority scorepresentation processing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an example of a sequence diagram of change point scorecalculation processing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an example of a flowchart of countermeasure priority scorecalculation processing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a countermeasurepriority score presentation screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a score details screenaccording to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed informationpresentation screen according to the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

In order to deal with threats such as ransomware and IoT botnets, it isimportant to analyze darknet traffics to recognize the signs ofcyberattacks and take measures before the user organization undergoesthe cyberattacks. However, only from the darknet traffics, causes andeffects of the attacks cannot be clarified, and hence, which event is tobe dealt with preferentially cannot be determined. Thus, in the presentembodiment, various types of information collected in advance arechecked against the detected signs of attacks to achieve early detectionof the attacks and calculation of the priority of countermeasures(countermeasure priority) against the attacks. With this, an observercan take countermeasures for more important events preferentially.

In the following, the embodiment is described with reference to thedrawings. Note that the embodiment described below is not intended tolimit the invention as set forth in the appended claims, and allelements and combinations thereof described in the embodiment are notnecessarily essential to solutions proposed by the invention.

In the following description, information is sometimes described usingan expression “AAA data,” but the information may be expressed using anykind of data structure. That is, “AAA data” can also be called “AAAinformation” in order to indicate that the information is independent ofdata structure.

Further, in the following description, a “processor unit” includes oneor more processors. The at least one processor is typically amicroprocessor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The one or moreprocessors may each be a single or multi-core processor.

Further, in the following description, the description of processingsometimes uses a “program” as the actor. The program is, however,executed by the processor unit to perform predetermined processing usingat least one of a storage unit and an interface unit appropriately, andhence, the processor unit (or a computer or computer system includingthe processor unit) may be regarded as the subject of the processing.The program may be installed in the computer from a program source. Theprogram source may be, for example, a program distribution server or acomputer readable storage medium. Further, in the following description,two or more programs may be implemented as one program, or one programmay be implemented as two or more programs. Further, at least part ofthe processing that is implemented by the program being executed may beimplemented by a hardware circuit (for example, ASIC (ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit) or FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array)).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an entire configuration example of acomputer system according to the embodiment.

A computer system 1 includes a network monitoring device 100, a darknetobserving device 131, a honeypot 132, a darknet observing device 135,and a honeypot 136.

The network monitoring device 100, the darknet observing device 131, andthe honeypot 132 are installed inside a certain organization andconnected to each other via a network 130 inside the organization. Thenetwork 130 is, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network) or awireless LAN.

The darknet observing device 135 and the honeypot 136 are installedoutside the organization to which the network monitoring device 100belongs (outside organization) and are connected to each other via anetwork 134. The network 134 is, for example, a wired LAN or a wirelessLAN.

The network 130 and the network 134 are connected to each other via anInternet 133. Thus, the network monitoring device 100 can communicatewith the darknet observing device 135 and the honeypot 136 via thenetwork 130, the Internet 133, and the network 134. Note that variouscomputers, which are not illustrated, are connected to the Internet 133.

The darknet observing device 131 observes, for example, traffics to adarknet (darknet traffic) with which IP packets can arrive at the devicein question. Here, a darknet is an address space, to which no specifichost is assigned, of IP addresses on the Internet at which IP packetscan arrive. The darknet observing device 131 can receive IP packets toan address space in the darknet inside the organization.

The darknet observing device 135 observes, for example, traffics to adarknet with which IP packets can arrive at the device in question. Thedarknet observing device 135 can receive IP packets to an address spacein the darknet existing on the Internet inside an organization to whichthe darknet observing device 135 belongs.

The honeypot 132 and the honeypot 136 are cyberattack decoy devices. Thehoneypot 132 and the honeypot 136 receive IP packets addressed to thedevices in question and return responses to the IP packets.

The network monitoring device 100 includes a communication interface(communication IF) 101, a CPU 102 that is an example of the processorunit, an input/output interface (input/output IF) 103, a main memory104, a storage device 105, and a communication path 107 connecting theunits 101 to 105 to each other.

The communication path 107 is an information transmission medium, forexample, a bus or a cable.

The communication IF 101 is an interface, for example, a wired LAN cardor a wireless LAN card, and communicates with other devices (forexample, honeypots 132 and 136 and darknet observing devices 131 and135) via the network 130, the Internet 133, and the network 134. Theinput/output IF 103 is connected to an input/output device 106 forinput/output, such as a keyboard or a display, and mediates input/outputof data.

The main memory 104 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory) andstores programs that are executed by the CPU 102 and necessary data. Inthe present embodiment, the main memory 104 stores an informationcollection program 108, a change point detection program 109, acorrelation score calculation program 110, a data filtering program 111,a countermeasure priority score calculation program 112, and acountermeasure priority score presentation program 113.

The CPU 102 executes various types of processing in accordance with theprograms stored in the main memory 104 and/or the storage device 105.

The CPU 102 executes the information collection program 108 to performprocessing of collecting data including darknet traffic data, honeypotlog data, cyber threat intelligence data, vulnerability data, productport data, configuration data, and IP blacklist data and storing thedata in the storage device 105. The CPU 102 executes the change pointdetection program 109 to perform processing of detecting a change pointof darknet traffic data.

The CPU 102 executes the correlation score calculation program 110 toperform processing of calculating a correlation score of a darknettraffic between another organization and the user organization. The CPU102 executes the data filtering program 111 to perform processing ofchecking change point detection data against various types of data. TheCPU 102 executes the countermeasure priority score calculation program112 to perform processing of calculating a countermeasure priority score(countermeasure priority score calculation processing: see FIG. 12). TheCPU 102 executes the countermeasure priority score presentation program113 to perform processing of presenting a countermeasure priority scoreto an observer who uses the network monitoring device 100.

The storage device 105 is, for example, an HDD (hard disk drive) or anSSD (solid-state drive) and stores the programs that are executed by theCPU 102 and data that is utilized by the CPU 102.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit 105 stores darknet trafficdata 114, correlation score data 115, honeypot log data 116, cyberthreat intelligence data 117, vulnerability data 118, product port data119, configuration data 120, IP blacklist data 121, and change pointdetection data 122.

The darknet traffic data 114 is data obtained from the darknet observingdevice 131 inside the organization and the darknet observing device 135outside the organization. The correlation score data 115 is data on acorrelation score of darknet traffic data between inside and outside theorganization calculated by the correlation score calculation program110. The honeypot log data 116 is data obtained from the honeypot 132inside the organization and the honeypot 136 outside the organization.The cyber threat intelligence data 117 is data provided by securityresearchers or the like. The vulnerability data 118 is data provided bypublic institutions or the like. The product port data 119 is dataindicating correspondence between a name of a product and a portutilized by the product. The configuration data 120 is data on a name ofa product inside the organization and a version of the product. The IPblacklist data 121 is data in which high-risk IP addresses are listed(as blacklist). The change point detection data 122 is data in whichevents indicating detection of change points of darknet traffics arelisted.

The programs and data described above may be stored in the main memory104 or the storage device 105 in advance or may be installed (or loaded)as needed from the input/output device 106 via the input/output IF 103or from another device via the communication IF 101.

Next, details of the various types of data stored in the storage device105 are described.

The darknet traffic data 114 includes entries corresponding to IPpackets received (observed) by each of the darknet observing devices 131and 135. An entry of the darknet traffic data 114 includes, for example,a darknet observing device ID, a destination Port/protocol, a detectiontime, and a transmission source IP. The darknet observing device IDindicates an ID of a darknet observing device that has received an IPpacket and corresponds to the entry. The destination Port/protocolindicates a port and a protocol of a destination of an IP packet. Thedetection time indicates a time at which an IP packet has been received.The transmission source IP indicates an IP address of a transmissionsource of an IP packet.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the change pointdetection data according to the embodiment.

The change point detection data 122 includes entries in which events(events: attacks or signs of attacks) indicating detection of changepoints of darknet traffics are summarized. An entry of the change pointdetection data 122 includes an ID 201, a country name 202, an industry203, an organization scale 204, inside/outside-organization 205, adestination port/protocol 206, a detection time 207, and a transmissionsource IP 208.

The ID 201 indicates an identifier that allows each entry of the changepoint detection data 122 to be uniquely identified. The country name 202indicates a name of a country in which a darknet observing device thathas detected a change point is installed. The industry 203 indicates anindustry corresponding to an organization in which a darknet observingdevice that has detected a change point is installed. The organizationscale 204 indicates a scale of an organization (organization scale) inwhich a darknet observing device that has detected a change point isinstalled. The inside/outside-organization 205 indicates whether adarknet observing device that has detected a change point is installedinside or outside an organization to which the network monitoring device100 belongs. The destination port/protocol 206 indicates a destinationport number and a protocol in a darknet traffic. The detection time 207indicates a time at which a change point has been detected. Thetransmission source IP 208 indicates an IP address of a transmissionsource of a darknet traffic (transmission source IP address: sometimesreferred to as transmission source IP).

Note that the transmission source IP 208 may include all thetransmission source IP addresses of IP packets of darknet traffics orsome of top transmission source IP addresses obtained as a result ofsorting in descending order in terms of the number of accesses.

The change point detection data 122 is utilized in the processing thatthe correlation score calculation program 110 performs to calculate acorrelation score, and in the processing that the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 performs to calculate acountermeasure priority score. Specific processing of the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 is described later with referenceto FIG. 12.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the product port dataaccording to the embodiment.

The product port data 119 is data for determining a product name from aport number and a protocol. An entry of the product port data 119includes a port/protocol 301 and a product name 302. The port/protocol301 indicates a port number and protocol information. The product name302 indicates the name of a product that utilizes the port/protocol 301in an entry.

In the product port data 119, a plurality of product names may beassociated with the same port/protocol. Each entry of the product portdata 119 may regularly be collected/updated by the informationcollection program 108 or may be input or updated by the observer asneeded.

The product port data 119 is used in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112, which is executedby the CPU 102, performs to calculate a countermeasure priority score.Specific processing of the countermeasure priority score calculationprogram 112 is described later with reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the honeypot log dataaccording to the embodiment.

An entry of the honeypot log data 116 includesinside/outside-organization 401, a time 402, a destination port/protocol403, a transmission source IP 404, and an attack name 405. Theinside/outside-organization 401 indicates whether a honeypot isinstalled inside or outside the organization. The time 402 indicates atimestamp indicating when a honeypot log is generated. The destinationport/protocol 403 indicates a destination port and a protocol of an IPpacket transmitted to a honeypot. The transmission source IP 404indicates a transmission source IP address in a honeypot log, that is,an IP address of a transmission source of an IP packet to a honeypot.The attack name 405 indicates a specific name of an attack to ahoneypot. Note that the honeypot log data 116 is regularlycollected/updated by the information collection program 108.

The honeypot log data 116 is used in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the cyber threatintelligence data according to the embodiment.

An entry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117 includes aregistration time 501, a product name 502, a transmission source IP 503,a destination port/protocol 504, and a CVE (Common Vulnerabilities andExposures) 505.

The registration time 501 indicates a time at which data correspondingto an entry has been registered. The product name 502 indicates a nameof a product that is a target of an attack. The transmission source IP503 indicates an IP address of a transmission source of an attack. Thedestination port/protocol 504 indicates a port number and a protocol ofan attack target. The CVE 505 indicates a CVE number of vulnerabilityutilized by an attack.

Note that each entry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117 mayregularly be collected/updated by the information collection program 108or may be input or updated by the observer as needed.

The cyber threat intelligence data 117 is used in the processing thatthe countermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the vulnerability dataaccording to the embodiment.

An entry of the vulnerability data 118 includes a CVE 601, a CVSS score602, a registration time 603, a product name 604, and a correspondingversion 605.

The CVE 601 indicates a CVE. The CVSS score 602 indicates a CVSS scorecorresponding to the CVE 601 of an entry. The registration time 603indicates a time at which a CVE has been registered. The product name604 indicates a name of a product (product name) corresponding to theCVE 601. The corresponding version 605 indicates a version of a productcorresponding to the CVE 601.

Note that each entry of the vulnerability data 118 may regularly becollected/updated by the information collection program 108 or may beinput or updated by the observer as needed.

The vulnerability data 118 is used in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration dataaccording to the embodiment.

Each entry of the configuration data 120 includes a product name 701 anda version 702. The product name 701 indicates a product name of aproduct introduced in the organization. The version 702 indicates aversion of the product name 701 of an entry.

Note that each entry of the configuration data 120 may regularly becollected/updated by the information collection program 108 or may beinput or updated by the observer as needed.

The configuration data 120 is utilized in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the IP blacklist dataaccording to the embodiment.

An entry of the IP blacklist data 121 includes an IP address 801. The IPaddress 801 indicates an IP address that conducts an attack with highpossibility.

Note that each entry of the IP blacklist data 121 may regularly becollected/updated by the information collection program 108 or may beinput or updated by the observer as needed.

The IP blacklist data 121 is used in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the correlation scoredata according to the embodiment.

An entry of the correlation score data 115 includes a country name 901,an industry 902, an organization scale 903, and a correlation score 904.The country name 901 indicates a name of a country in which there is adarknet observing device for which a correlation score is to becalculated. The industry 902 indicates an industry of an organization inwhich a darknet observing device for which a correlation score is to becalculated is installed. The organization scale 903 indicates a scale ofan organization in which a darknet observing device for which acorrelation score is to be calculated is installed. The correlationscore 904 indicates a score indicating a correlation (correlation score)that is with a darknet traffic observed by a darknet observing deviceand corresponds to an entry. This correlation score is calculated by thecorrelation score calculation program 110.

Note that the entries of the correlation score data 115 may be input orupdated by the observer as needed.

The correlation score data 115 is used in the processing that thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 performs tocalculate a countermeasure priority score. Specific processing of thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 is described laterwith reference to FIG. 12.

Next, countermeasure priority score presentation processing in thecomputer system 1 according to the embodiment is described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the countermeasure priority score presentationprocessing according to the embodiment.

First, the change point detection program 109 (strictly speaking, theCPU 102 configured to execute the change point detection program 109)executes change point score calculation processing of calculating achange point score of a darknet traffic (see FIG. 11) (Step 1001).

Next, the following processing in Step 1002 to Step 1011 is executed oneach darknet traffic of which the change point score has been calculatedin Step 1001.

The change point detection program 109 determines whether or not thechange point score calculated in the change point score calculationprocessing is larger than a threshold set in advance (Step 1002).

In a case where it is determined that the change point score is notlarger than the threshold (Step 1002: No), which means that the changepoint is not an increase point of the darknet traffic, the change pointdetection program 109 ends the processing.

Meanwhile, in a case where the change point score is larger than thethreshold (Step 1002: Yes), the change point detection program 109generates, on the basis of the darknet traffic data 114 having thechange point score larger than the threshold, an entry of the changepoint detection data 122 and stores the entry in the storage device 105(Step 1003).

Next, the change point detection program 109 starts the correlationscore calculation program 110. The started correlation score calculationprogram 110 calculates a correlation score between the darknet trafficinside the user organization and the darknet traffic at an observationpoint of the generated entry of the change point detection data 122(darknet observing device: referred to as subject observation point),and updates the correlation score of an entry of the correlation scoredata 115 that corresponds to the subject observation point to thecalculated correlation score (Step 1004).

Specifically, the correlation score calculation program 110 calculatesthe correlation score with the following expression (1).

Correlation score=M/N   (1)

Here, N is the number of destination port/protocol unique values (valuesexcluding duplicated values) detected at the subject observation pointin the past (for example, within a past predetermined period (forexample, one year)), and M is the number of destination port/protocolunique values common to destination port/protocol unique values detectedinside the user organization in the past (for example, within a pastpredetermined period (for example, one year)) and the destinationport/protocol unique values detected at the subject observation point inthe past.

This correlation score indicates a correlation between the darknettraffic generated at the subject observation point and the darknettraffic generated in the user organization. A higher correlation scoremeans a higher possibility that the user organization undergoes anattack same as that at the subject observation point.

Next, the data filtering program 111 checks the change point detectiondata 122 against the product port data 119 to narrow down the names ofproducts assumed to be targets of the darknet traffic (Step 1005).Specifically, the data filtering program 111 checks the destinationport/protocol 206 of the entry of the change point detection data 122against the port/protocol 301 of the entry of the product port data 119.

Next, the data filtering program 111 checks the change point detectiondata 122 against the cyber threat intelligence data 117 to narrow downCVEs related to the darknet traffic (Step 1006). Specifically, the datafiltering program 111 checks the destination port/protocol 206 of theentry of the change point detection data 122 against the destinationport/protocol 504 of the entry of the cyber threat intelligence data117, checks the transmission source IP 208 of the entry of the changepoint detection data 122 against the transmission source IP 503 of theentry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117, and/or checks theproduct name obtained in Step 1005 against the product name 502 of theentry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117.

Next, the data filtering program 111 checks the change point detectiondata 122 against the honeypot log data 116 to narrow down entries of thehoneypot log data 116 (honeypot logs) that correspond to signs ofattacks with respect to the increase point of the darknet traffic (Step1007). Specifically, the data filtering program 111 checks thedestination port/protocol 206 of the entry of the change point detectiondata 122 against the destination port/protocol 403 of the entry of thehoneypot log data 116, and/or checks the transmission source IP 208 ofthe entry of the change point detection data 122 against thetransmission source IP 404 of the entry of the honeypot log data 116.Note that entries of the honeypot log data 116 that have the attack name405 unknown are excluded from the entries to be narrowed down.

Next, the data filtering program 111 checks the change point detectiondata 122 against the vulnerability data 118 to narrow down entries ofthe vulnerability data 118 that correspond to a product that is anaccess target at the increase point (Step 1008). Specifically, the datafiltering program 111 checks the product name obtained in Step 1005against the product name 604 of the entry of the vulnerability data 118.

Next, the data filtering program 111 checks the change point detectiondata 122 against the configuration data 120 to narrow down productshaving vulnerability in the user organization (Step 1009). Specifically,the data filtering program 111 checks the combination of the productname 604 and the corresponding version 605 of the entry obtained in Step1008 against the combination of the product name 701 and the version 702of the entry of the configuration data 120.

Next, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112 receivesthe result of the processing in Step 1003 to Step 1009 to execute thecountermeasure priority score calculation processing of calculating acountermeasure priority score (see FIG. 12) (Step 1010).

Next, the countermeasure priority score presentation program 113receives the result of the countermeasure priority score calculationprocessing, displays a countermeasure priority score presentation screen1300 (see FIG. 13) including information regarding the countermeasurepriority score on the input/output device 106 or the like (Step 1011),and ends the processing.

Next, the change point score calculation processing (Step 1001) isdescribed in detail.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the change point score calculationprocessing according to the embodiment.

First, the information collection program 108 (strictly speaking, theCPU 102 configured to execute the information collection program 108)transmits, to the darknet observing device 135 outside the organization,a transmission request for an observation result (observation resultrequest) (Step 1101 a). Next, when receiving the observation resultrequest, the darknet observing device 135 transmits, to the informationcollection program 108, darknet traffic data that the darknet observingdevice 135 has observed (Step 1102 a). Next, the information collectionprogram 108 writes the darknet traffic data received from the darknetobserving device 135 to the storage device 105 (Step 1103 a).

Next, the change point detection program 109 sends, to the storagedevice 105, a transmission request for the darknet traffic data (Step1104 a). Next, the storage device 105 that has received the transmissionrequest transmits the recorded darknet traffic data to the change pointdetection program 109 (Step 1105 a).

Next, the change point detection program 109 aggregates the receiveddarknet traffic data by destination port/protocol and calculates achange point score that is an index indicating a difference between theaggregate result and past data (Step 1106 a). Here, the change pointscore may be, for example, the ratio of the current aggregate result(aggregate number) to the aggregate result (aggregate number) of thepast data.

Next, on the darknet observing device 131 inside the organization,processing (Step 1101 b to 1106 b) similar to the processing (Step 1101a to 1106 a) starting from the processing on the darknet observingdevice 135 outside the organization is performed.

Next, the countermeasure priority score calculation processing (Step1011) is described in detail.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the countermeasure priority score calculationprocessing according to the embodiment.

The countermeasure priority score calculation program 112 executes thecountermeasure priority score calculation processing on each entry ofthe change point detection data 122. Here, an entry of the change pointdetection data 122 that is subjected to the processing is referred to asa subject entry.

First, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112(strictly speaking, the CPU 102 configured to execute the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112) determines whether theinside/outside-organization 205 of the subject entry indicates inside oroutside the organization (Step 1202). In a case where it is determinedthat the inside/outside-organization 205 indicates inside theorganization (Step 1202: Yes), the countermeasure priority scorecalculation program 112 increments (by 1) a score of an in-userorganization darknet index indicating an access to the darknet insidethe organization, increments (for example, by 1) the countermeasurepriority score for the subject entry (Step 1201 a), and brings theprocessing to Step 1203. Meanwhile, in a case where it is determinedthat the inside/outside-organization 205 does not indicate inside theorganization (Step 1202: No), the countermeasure priority scorecalculation program 112 brings the processing to Step 1203.

In Step 1203, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines whether or not the correlation score 904 of an entry of thecorrelation score data 115 that corresponds to the subject entry isequal to or more than a predetermined threshold set in advance. In acase where it is determined that the correlation score 904 is equal toor more than the threshold (Step 1203: Yes), the countermeasure priorityscore calculation program 112 increments (for example, by 1) a score ofa correlation index indicating that the correlation score is equal to ormore than the threshold, increments (for example, by 1) thecountermeasure priority score for the subject entry (Step 1201 b), andbrings the processing to Step 1204. Meanwhile, in a case where thecorrelation score 904 is not equal to or more than the threshold (Step1203: No), the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112brings the processing to Step 1204.

In Step 1204, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines whether or not the transmission source IP 208 of the subjectentry is included in the IP address 801 of the entry of the IP blacklistdata 121. In a case where it is determined that the transmission sourceIP 208 is included in the IP address 801 (Step 1204: Yes), thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 increments (forexample, by 1) a score of an IP blacklist index indicating that thetransmission source IP is included in the IP blacklist, increments (forexample, by 1) the countermeasure priority score for the subject entry(Step 1201 c), and brings the processing to Step 1205. Meanwhile, in acase where the transmission source IP 208 is not included in the IPaddress 801 (Step 1204: No), the countermeasure priority scorecalculation program 112 brings the processing to Step 1205.

In Step 1205, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines whether or not, as a result of narrowing down in Step 1006,there is an entry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117 thatcorresponds to the subject entry. In a case where it is determined thatthere is a relevant entry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117(Step 1205: Yes), the countermeasure priority score calculation program112 increments (for example, by 1) a score of a threat intelligenceindex indicating that there is a relevant entry of the cyber threatintelligence, increments (for example, by 1) the countermeasure priorityscore for the subject entry (Step 1201 d), and brings the processing toStep 1206. Meanwhile, in a case where there is no relevant entry of thecyber threat intelligence data (Step 1205: No), the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 brings the processing to Step1206.

In Step 1206, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines, on the basis of the result of narrowing down in Step 1007,whether or not there is an entry of the honeypot log data 116 that isrelevant to the subject entry. In a case where it is determined thatthere is a relevant entry of the honeypot log data 116 (Step 1206: Yes),the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112 increments(for example, by 1) a score of a honeypot index indicating that there isa relevant entry of the honeypot log data, increments (for example,by 1) the countermeasure priority score for the subject entry (Step 1201e), and brings the processing to Step 1207. Meanwhile, in a case wherethere is no relevant entry of the honeypot log data (Step 1206: No), thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 brings theprocessing to Step 1208.

In Step 1207, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines whether or not the entry of the honeypot log data 116 that isrelevant to the subject entry is data of the honeypot 132 inside theuser organization. In a case where it is determined that the relevantentry of the honeypot log data 116 is the data of the honeypot 132inside the user organization (Step 1207: Yes), the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 increments (for example, by 1) ascore of an in-user organization honeypot index indicating that therelevant entry of the honeypot log data is the data of the honeypot 132inside the user organization, increments (for example, by 1) thecountermeasure priority score for the subject entry (Step 1201 f), andbrings the processing to Step 1208. Meanwhile, in a case where therelevant entry of the honeypot log data is not the data of the honeypot132 inside the user organization (Step 1207: No), the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 brings the processing to Step1208.

In Step 1208, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines whether or not the CVSS score 602 of an entry of thevulnerability data 118 that is relevant to the subject entry is equal toor more than a threshold set in advance. In a case where it isdetermined that the CVSS score 602 is equal to or more than thethreshold (Step 1208: Yes), the countermeasure priority scorecalculation program 112 increments (for example, by 1) a score of a CVSSindex indicating that the CVSS score is equal to or more than thethreshold, increments (for example, by 1) the countermeasure priorityscore for the subject entry (Step 1201 g), and brings the processing toStep 1209. Meanwhile, in a case where the CVSS score 602 is not equal toor more than the threshold (Step 1208: No), the countermeasure priorityscore calculation program 112 brings the processing to Step 1209.

In Step 1209, the countermeasure priority score calculation program 112determines, on the basis of the result of narrowing down in Step 1009,whether or not there is a product having vulnerability inside the userorganization. In a case where it is determined that there is a producthaving vulnerability inside the user organization (Step 1209: Yes), thecountermeasure priority score calculation program 112 increments (forexample, by 1) a score of a configuration information index indicatingthat there is a product having vulnerability inside the userorganization, increments (for example, by 1) the countermeasure priorityscore for the subject entry (Step 1201 h), and ends the processing.Meanwhile, in a case where there is no product having vulnerabilityinside the user organization (Step 1209: No), the countermeasurepriority score calculation program 112 ends the processing.

With this countermeasure priority score calculation processing, acountermeasure priority score for an event (attack or attack sign)corresponding to each entry of the change point detection data 122 canbe appropriately calculated.

Next, the countermeasure priority score presentation screen 1300 isdescribed.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the countermeasurepriority score presentation screen according to the embodiment.

On the countermeasure priority score presentation screen 1300, there aredisplayed an ID 1301, a country name 1302, an industry 1303, anorganization scale 1304, inside/outside-organization 1305, a destinationport/protocol 1306, a detection time 1307, a sparkline 1308, and acountermeasure priority score 1309 for each event (attack or attacksign) indicating detection of a change point of a darknet traffic.

The ID 1301, the country name 1302, the industry 1303, the organizationscale 1304, the inside/outside-organization 1305, the destinationport/protocol 1306, and the detection time 1307 correspond to the ID201, the country name 202, the industry 203, the organization scale 204,the inside/outside-organization 205, the destination port/protocol 206,and the detection time 207 of an entry of the change point detectiondata 122 that corresponds to the event in question, respectively. Thesparkline 1308 is a graph (for example, line graph) of transition of anobserved darknet traffic corresponding to an entry. The correspondencepriority score 1309 indicates a countermeasure priority score calculatedfor the event of an entry by the countermeasure priority scorecalculation processing.

On the countermeasure priority score presentation screen 1300, whenselection operation (for example, click operation with use of a mouse ofthe input/output device 106) is performed on the displayedcountermeasure priority score 1309, a score details screen 1400 (seeFIG. 14) or a detailed information presentation screen 1500 (see FIG.15) can further be displayed.

With the countermeasure priority score presentation screen 1300, theobserver can easily recognize a countermeasure priority score for eachevent indicating detection of a change point and appropriately determinewhich event is to be dealt with first.

Next, the score details screen 1400 is described.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the score details screenaccording to the embodiment.

The score details screen 1400 is a screen for displaying details of thecountermeasure priority score for an event selected by selectionoperation performed on the countermeasure priority score presentationscreen 1300. On the score details screen 1400, an index 1401 and a score1402 are displayed. The index 1401 indicates each index for calculatinga countermeasure priority score. The score 1402 indicates a score foreach index 1401.

With the score details screen 1400, a score for each index correspondingto the details of a countermeasure priority score can be confirmed.

Next, the detailed information presentation screen 1500 is described.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the detailed informationpresentation screen according to the embodiment.

On the detailed information presentation screen 1500, there aredisplayed traffic transition 1501, a top connection source IP 1502, adarknet correlation score 1503, a honeypot log 1504, cyber threatintelligence 1505, and a CVE candidate 1506.

The traffic transition 1501 is a selected event-related graph indicatingtransition of an observed darknet traffic. The top connection source IP1502 indicates selected event-related information regarding IP addressesof transmission sources that have made accesses more than others. Thetop connection source IP 1502 includes information regarding, forexample, a date and time, a total number, a transmission source IP, anIP blacklist, and the number of accesses. The date and time indicates atime at which aggregation of the number of accesses starts. The totalnumber indicates the total number of observed darknet traffics. Thetransmission source IP indicates an IP address of a transmission source.The IP blacklist indicates information regarding whether or not atransmission source IP has been registered in the IP blacklist data 121.The number of accesses indicates the number of traffics of eachtransmission source IP.

The darknet correlation score 1503 indicates information regarding acorrelation score of a selected event. The information regarding acorrelation score may include information included in the entry of thecorrelation score data 115 and the inside/outside-organization 205 of anentry of the change point detection data 122 that corresponds to anevent. The honeypot log 1504 indicates a log of a honeypot correspondingto a selected event. The log of the honeypot is similar to theinformation included in the entry of the honeypot log data 116. Thecyber threat intelligence 1505 indicates information regarding cyberthreat intelligence corresponding to a selected event. The informationregarding cyber threat intelligence is similar to the informationincluded in the entry of the cyber threat intelligence data 117. The CVEcandidate 1506 indicates information regarding a CVE candidatecorresponding to a selected attack. The CVE candidate 1506 includesinformation included in the entry of the vulnerability data 118 andinformation indicating whether or not a configuration corresponding to aCVE is included in the user organization.

Next, the processing illustrated in FIG. 10 to FIG. 12 are describedwith specific examples.

For example, in a case where the number of accesses to the port 445/TCPof the darknet observing device 131 inside the organization suddenlychanges and a change point score calculated in the processing in Step1001 thus takes a value equal to or more than the threshold, in Step1003, an entry having the ID 201=“1” of the change point detection data122 of FIG. 2 is generated. Now, the subsequent processing in the casewhere the entry having the ID 201=“1” of the change point detection data122 is generated is described.

In Step 1004, with regard to the entry having the ID 201=“1” of thechange point detection data 122, the correlation score is 1 since theobservation point at which the change point has been detected is locatedin the user organization.

In Step 1005, “445/TCP” of the destination port/protocol 206 of theentry having the ID 201=“1” of the change point detection data 122 ischecked against the port/protocol 301 of the entry of the product portdata 119. As a result, candidates of the product name 302 are narroweddown to two “product AAA” and “product BBB.”

In Step 1006, the product name 502, the transmission source IP 503, andthe destination port/protocol 504 of the cyber threat intelligence data117 are checked against the product name 302=“product AAA” and “productBBB” obtained in Step 1005, the transmission source IP208=“AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA,” “BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB,” and “CCC.CCC.CCC.CCC” of theentry of the change point detection data 122, and the destinationport/protocol 206=“445/TCP” thereof, respectively or in combination. Asa result, there is no match, and nothing is thus extracted in thisexample.

In Step 1007, the destination port/protocol 403 and the transmissionsource IP 404 of the entry of the honeypot log data 116 are checkedagainst the transmission source IP 208=“AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA,”“BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB,” and “CCC.CCC.CCC.CCC” and the destinationport/protocol 206=“445/TCP” of the entry of the change point detectiondata 122, respectively or in combination. As a result, from the honeypotlog data 116, an entry having “attack A” as the attack name 405 isextracted.

In Step 1008, the product name 604 of the entry of the vulnerabilitydata 118 is checked against the product name 302=“product AAA” and“product BBB” obtained in Step 1005. As a result, two entries having“CVE-20XX-AAAA” and “CVD-20XX-RBBB” as the CVE 601 are extracted.

In Step 1009, the combination of the product name 701 and the version702 of the entry of the configuration data 120 is checked against thecombination of the product name 604=“product BBB” and the correspondingversion 605=“1.X” and “2.X” of the entry extracted in Step 1008. As aresult, an entry of the configuration data 120 that has “product BBB” asthe product name 701 is extracted.

Next, in Step 1010, the countermeasure priority score calculationprocessing (FIG. 12) is executed. In Step 1202, true (Yes) is determinedfor the entry having the ID 201=“1” of the change point detection data122 since the entry corresponds to an event detected by the darknetobserving device 131 inside the user organization, and thecountermeasure priority score is incremented in Step 1201 a.

Next, in Step 1203, in a case where the correlation score is 1 and thethreshold of the correlation score is set to 0.8, for example, true(Yes) is determined since the correlation score is equal to or more thanthe threshold, and the countermeasure priority score is incremented inStep 1201 b.

Next, in Step 1204, true (Yes) is determined since the transmissionsource IP 208=“AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA” and “BBB.BBB.BBB.BBB” of the entryhaving the ID 201=“1” of the change point detection data 122 is includedin the IP address 801, and the countermeasure priority score isincremented in Step 1201 c.

Next, in Step 1205, false (No) is determined since no entry of thethreat intelligence data has been extracted in Step 1006, and theprocessing proceeds to Step 1206 without performing Step 1201 d.

Next, in Step 1206, true (Yes) is determined since the entry having theattack name 405=“attack A” of the honeypot log data 116 has beenextracted in Step 1007, and the countermeasure priority score isincremented in Step 1201 e.

Next, in Step 1207, true (Yes) is determined since the extracted entryof the honeypot log data 116 has the inside/outside-organization401=“inside organization,” and the countermeasure priority score isincremented in Step 1201 f.

Next, in Step 1208, in a case where the CVE 601=“CVE-20XX-AAAA” of theentry extracted in Step 1008 is 9 and the threshold of the CVSS score isset to 8, for example, true (Yes) is determined since the CVSS score isequal to or more than the threshold, and the countermeasure priorityscore is incremented in Step 1201 g.

Next, in Step 1209, true (Yes) is determined since there is an entry ofthe configuration data 120 that corresponds to the product name604=“product BBB” and the corresponding version 605=“1.X” and indicatesa product having vulnerability, that is, there is a product havingvulnerability inside the user organization, and the countermeasurepriority score is incremented in Step 1201 h. As a result, thecountermeasure priority score takes 7. With this, the countermeasurepriority score calculation processing ends.

Next, in Step 1011, the countermeasure priority score presentationscreen 1300 including the countermeasure priority score is presented. InStep 1011, on the countermeasure priority score presentation screen1300, a row having the ID 1301=“1” is newly added.

When a region of the countermeasure priority score presentation screen1300 in which the countermeasure priority score in the row having the ID1301=“1” is displayed is selected, the score details screen 1400 and thedetailed information presentation screen 1500 are presented.

On the detailed information presentation screen 1500, the transition ofa traffic to a destination port/protocol in which a change point hasbeen detected, the number of accesses of each transmission source IP, adarknet correlation score with the user organization, a relevanthoneypot log, relevant cyber threat intelligence, and a relevant CVE arepresented as a list. Note that, in this example, there is no relevantcyber threat intelligence, and no value is thus displayed.

Note that, in a case where a change point has been detected by thedarknet observing device 135 outside the organization, processingsimilar to that in the above-mentioned case where a change point isdetected by the darknet observing device 131 inside the organization isperformed.

Here, the processing of updating darknet traffic correlation data inStep 1004 in processing on the darknet observing device 135 outside theorganization is described by taking, as an example, a case where adarknet traffic to a destination port/protocol=“80/TCP” increases andthe change point score takes a value equal to or more than thethreshold. Note that, at the observation point of the darknet traffic,the country 202 is “the United States of America,” the industry 203 is“railway,” and the organization scale 204 is “medium.” Further, at theobservation point, destination ports/protocols with which changes havebeen detected in the past year, for example, are “23/TCP, 445/TCP,7001/TCP, and 12345/TCP.”

In this example, a list including, in addition to the destinationports/protocols with which changes have been detected in the past year,“80/TCP” detected this time is the detection list at the observationpoint. Thus, the element number N is “5.” Further, the element number Mis “2” in a case where destination ports/protocols detected by both theuser organization and another organization in the past year are “23/TCPand 445/TCP.” With this, a correlation score between the observationpoint and the user organization is calculated as 0.4 from Expression(1).

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodimentdescribed above and can be implemented with components modified withoutdeparting from the gist of the present invention. Further, the pluralityof components disclosed in the embodiment described above can beappropriately combined to provide various inventions. For example, someof the components described in the embodiment may be omitted. Moreover,the components of different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

For example, in the embodiment described above, a countermeasurepriority score is calculated on the basis of determinations with theeight conditions in Step 1202 to Step 1209, but the present invention isnot limited thereto. A countermeasure priority score may be calculatedusing one or more of these conditions. Further, in the embodimentdescribed above, a countermeasure priority score is incremented by thesame value when a single condition is satisfied, but the presentinvention is not limited thereto. A countermeasure priority score may beincremented by different values depending on the conditions.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the aggregation of darknettraffic data is performed in units of port and protocol to detect anincrease point, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Forexample, the aggregation of darknet traffic data may be performed inunits of port or IP address.

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-   1: Computer system-   100: Network monitoring device-   102: CPU-   104: Main memory-   105: Storage device-   131, 135: Darknet observing device-   132, 136: Honeypot

1. A network monitoring device comprising a processor unit andconfigured to monitor a cyberattack on a network, the processor unitbeing configured to detect an increase point of a darknet traffic on thenetwork, and calculate, with regard to a darknet traffic correspondingto the detected increase point, an evaluation value indicating priorityof a countermeasure against a cyberattack based on whether or not one ormore of following conditions are met: the darknet traffic has beendetected inside a user organization that is an organization to which thenetwork monitoring device belongs; a correlation score indicatingrelevance of a darknet traffic between an observation point at which thedarknet traffic corresponding to the increase point has been observedand the user organization is equal to or more than a threshold; atransmission source IP address is included in a blacklist; the darknettraffic is included in threat intelligence as attack information; a logcorresponding to the darknet traffic is included in a honeypotconfigured to respond to an access; the honeypot including the log is ahoneypot inside the user organization; a CVSS score of vulnerability ofa target of the darknet traffic is equal to or more than a threshold;and there is a product having vulnerability as the target inside theuser organization.
 2. The network monitoring device according to claim1, wherein the processor unit is configured to calculate the evaluationvalue based on whether or not a plurality of the conditions are met. 3.The network monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein theprocessor unit is configured to calculate the evaluation value based onwhether or not the one or more conditions including that the correlationscore is equal to or more than the threshold are met.
 4. The networkmonitoring device according to claim 3, wherein the processor unit isconfigured to calculate the correlation score based on the number oftypes of targets detected both at the observation point of the darknettraffic corresponding to the increase point and inside the userorganization in comparison with the number of types of past targets atthe observation point.
 5. The network monitoring device according toclaim 1, wherein the processor unit is configured to calculate theevaluation value based on whether or not the one or more conditionsincluding that the darknet traffic is detected inside the userorganization are met.
 6. The network monitoring device according toclaim 1, wherein the processor unit is configured to calculate theevaluation value based on whether or not a plurality of the conditionsincluding that the CVSS score of vulnerability is equal to or more thanthe threshold and that there is a product having vulnerability insidethe user organization are met.
 7. The network monitoring deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the processor unit is configured to detectan increase point of a darknet traffic to each port, and calculate theevaluation value based on whether or not the darknet traffic to eachport meets the one or more conditions.
 8. The network monitoring deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the processor unit is configured to causethe calculated evaluation value to be displayed.
 9. The networkmonitoring device according to claim 8, wherein the processor unit isconfigured to cause information indicating details of the evaluationvalue to be displayed.
 10. The network monitoring device according toclaim 8, wherein the processor unit is configured to cause informationregarding a transmission source of the darknet traffic to be displayed.11. The network monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein theprocessor unit is configured to calculate the evaluation value based onall of the plurality of conditions.
 12. A network monitoring methodperformed by a network monitoring device configured to monitor acyberattack on a network, the network monitoring method comprising:detecting an increase point of a darknet traffic on the network; andcalculating, with regard to a darknet traffic corresponding to thedetected increase point, an evaluation value indicating priority of acountermeasure against a cyberattack based on whether or not one or moreof the following conditions is met: the darknet traffic has beendetected inside a user organization that is an organization to which thenetwork monitoring device belongs; a correlation score indicatingrelevance of a darknet traffic between an observation point at which thedarknet traffic corresponding to the increase point has been observedand the user organization is equal to or more than a threshold; atransmission source IP address is included in a blacklist; the darknettraffic is included in threat intelligence as attack information; a logcorresponding to the darknet traffic is included in a honeypotconfigured to respond to an access; the honeypot including the log is ahoneypot inside the user organization; a CVSS score of vulnerability ofan attack target of the darknet traffic is equal to or more than athreshold; and there is a product having vulnerability as the targetinside the user organization.
 13. A storage medium having recordedthereon a network monitoring program that is executed by a computerincluding a processor unit and configured to monitor a cyberattack on anetwork, the network monitoring program causing the computer to detectan increase point of a darknet traffic on the network, and calculate,with regard to a darknet traffic corresponding to the detected increasepoint, an evaluation value indicating priority of a countermeasureagainst a cyberattack based on whether or not one or more of thefollowing conditions is met: the darknet traffic has been detectedinside a user organization that is an organization to which a networkmonitoring device belongs; a correlation score indicating relevance of adarknet traffic between an observation point at which the darknettraffic corresponding to the increase point has been observed and theuser organization is equal to or more than a threshold; a transmissionsource IP address is included in a blacklist; the darknet traffic isincluded in threat intelligence as attack information; a logcorresponding to the darknet traffic is included in a honeypotconfigured to respond to an access; the honeypot including the log is ahoneypot inside the user organization; a CVSS score of vulnerability ofa target of the darknet traffic is equal to or more than a threshold;and there is a product having vulnerability as the target inside theuser organization.